NBC Executive Says He Is ‘Very Satisfied’ With Pace of Super Bowl Ad Sales

Sales of commercial time in Super Bowl XLIX by NBC, which will broadcast the game Feb. 1, is approaching 90 percent.



Campaign Spotlight: Microsoft Hopes This Video Game Collection Wings Its Way to Success

A campaign that rivals the promotion of a major movie is underway for Halo: The Master Chief Collection, a set of four Xbox video games.



Advertising: Car Magazines Expand Video Offerings With Help From a YouTube Channel

Car and Driver and Road & Track will present their offerings with the help of /Drive, a popular automotive YouTube venue.



Advertising: Already, Marketers Look Past Christmas to the Super Bowl

Super Bowl XLIX is 86 days away, but reports about who is buying ads for it are already emerging.



Advertising: A Whisky Campaign for Those Who Want to Drink Like Don Draper

The goal is to capitalize on renewed interest in Scotch and other brown spirits that is attributable partly to the popularity of “Mad Men.”



Campaign Spotlight: Prudential Center Ads Declare, ‘There’s No Place Like Home … and Watch for Flying Pucks’

A campaign focuses on the comfortable living-room atmosphere of an arena.



Advertising: Technology Website CNET to Jump From Screen to Page

CNET is starting a quarterly magazine, joining other media organizations that are capitalizing on their digital success with physical publications or outlets.



Advertising: For Veterans Day, a TV Special That Will Span 6 Cable Networks

The media giant Scripps Networks Interactive is preparing an hourlong special, centered on the celebration of the Hawaiian homecoming of a wounded serviceman.



Advertising: Retailers Like Lowe’s Are Getting a Jump on the Holidays

Ahead of the holidays, retailers take to social media to advertise sales on merchandise.



Advertising: Seeing a Value in Simplicity

The 2014 Global Brand Simplicity Index ranked brands for how simple they were to use and understand, a quality of rising popularity among consumers and marketers.



Campaign Spotlight: 9Lives Reintroduces Morris the Cat in New Campaign

The cat food brand has reintroduced Morris the cat through a campaign that takes advantage of social media while emphasizing the roots of the character.



Advertising: A Tech Twist on Home for the Holidays

The growth of marketing efforts for connected-home items is fueled by consumers’ appetite for new technology.



Advertising: P.R. Group’s Soul-Searching Leads to Shifts in Strategy

The Council of Public Relations Firms plans to adopt an informal name, the P.R. Council, and promote the benefits of public relations to senior executives of client companies.



Advertising: At Ogilvy, New Unit Will Mine Data

Searching for data-driven decision-making, Ogilvy & Mather is pooling its data executives in a unit called OgilvyAmp.



Campaign Spotlight: When It Comes to Tea, Promoting the Power of the Plant

Haberman, an agency in Minneapolis, has created a story designed to appeal to consumers of wellness products.



Advertising: Whole Foods Asks Shoppers to Consider a Value Proposition

The market chain is trying to reignite sales growth and fend off increased competition by promoting the social values it follows in stocking its shelves.



Association of National Advertisers to Acquire the Business Marketing Association

The Association of National Advertisers just five months ago acquired the Brand Activation Association. All three groups have long histories.



Advertising: Autumn Still Looms, but for Marketers, Christmas Has Already Begun

In the last few years, Christmas campaigns have started earlier as retailers and marketers, worried about an uncertain economy, seek to gather their rosebuds — and holiday shopping dollars — while they may.



Advertising: New York’s the Place to Be, an Agency Says

The agency, 72andSunny, the Agency of the Year in Advertising Age and Adweek, is coming to New York.

Advertising: Specialists in a Changing America

Eight independent agencies and companies that create ads aimed at minority, multicultural, urban and youth markets are coming together.